John Marshall Browning

John M. Browning, 55, of Frederick, passed away on Sunday, April 8, 2018. He was the husband of Jill Ashbury Browning for 30 years. He was born on June 26, 1962 in Raleigh, N.C., and was the son of Joyce S. and the late Robert C. Browning.

John earned his high school diploma at Ravenscroft School in Raleigh, N.C. After attending Roanoke College in Virginia, where he was an All-American soccer goalkeeper and also met his wife Jill, he worked for several years in various operations management jobs before enrolling at Frederick Community College to launch a new career as a respiratory therapist. John graduated near the top of his class in 1997 with an associate’s degree in respiratory therapy. For nearly 20 years, John worked professionally as a respiratory therapist, first with Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, then with the Veterans Administration Hospital in Washington, D.C. until taking medical retirement in 2016.

John coached numerous youth and college soccer teams over the years, and volunteered regularly with the Mental Health Association of Frederick County. He was a member of All Saints Episcopal Church.

John and Jill loved their family vacations with their daughter Rixey Caroline Browning and son Judson Browning in the Outer Banks, John’s home state of North Carolina. He and Jill played on adult soccer teams for nearly all of their married life.

John is survived by his wife, Jill Ashbury Browning of Frederick, daughter Rixey Caroline Browning of Accord, NY and son Judson M. Browning of Burlington, VT. He is also survived by his mother, Joyce S. Browning of Alexandria, VA., brothers Lyle Browning of Raleigh, NC, and Bill and Catherine Browning of Vienna, VA. He will also be mourned by Gus, his faithful Vizsla dog, who will dearly miss their weekly hikes in the Frederick Municipal Watershed.

The family will receive friends from 4-8 PM on Thursday April 12th at Keeney and Basford Funeral Home, 106 East Church Street, Frederick. A memorial service and reception will be held beginning at 12 PM on Friday April 13th at All Saints Episcopal Church, 106 West Church Street, Frederick. Interment will be private.

In lieu of flowers contributions can be made to The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration, Radnor Station Building 2, Suite 320, 290 King of Prussia Road, Radnor, PA 19087 or to the National Park Foundation, Attn: Gift Processing, P.O. Box 17394, Baltimore, MD 21298.